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Theme Parks 22 June 2007 a Guide to Amusement Parks and Family Days out in Britain and Europe THEME PARKS 22 JUNE 2007 A GUIDE TO AMUSEMENT PARKS AND FAMILY DAYS OUT IN BRITAIN AND EUROPE AN INDEPENDENT SUPPLEMENT FROM MEDIAPLANET ABOUT THEME PARKS, DISTRIBUTED IN THE TIMES 2 AN INDEPENDENT SUPPLEMENT FROM MEDIAPLANET ABOUT THEME PARKS, DISTRIBUTED IN THE TIMES Coasting along in style at high speed If you are looking for a day out filled with adrenaline then there are some of the best white-knuckle rides on offer this summer around the United Kingdom and within easy reach in Europe. Tom Rowland intro- duces a guide to the biggest and fastest rides as well as the newest and most interesting theme parks. Blackpool’s new star ride Infusion is the world’s first roller-coaster completely suspended over water It must be tough being a real-life traction at Thorpe Park in Surrey. The designers of Infusion claim plummets and soars into the sky roller-coaster tycoon, stuck in a A dizzying loop 205ft high that it is the world’s first suspended, the carriages start to spin. perpetual arms race where every accelerates from 0-80mph in less looping roller-coaster completely Air, in the far corner of the site season you are under pressure to than two seconds and is all over over water, giving riders an is even more spectacular. Both CONTENTS come up with something higher, in around 10. all-too-brief visit to a curved illustrate the high level of engi- faster and more scary than last This year they have tweaked the waterfall, five loops and rolls and neering expertise on offer from German parks give the rest a year’s offerings. nitrogen boosters to give even more an intense 4.5G force wrench. the UK amusement parks at the run for their money p. 3 As it can cost up to £10 million acceleration which presumably At Alton Towers in Staffordshire moment. for a new ride and getting them means it is all over even faster, they are still successfully squeezing For heavy-duty teenage bone Why there is money in wax p. 5 past planners and an increasingly although the customers will doubtless every last teaspoon of adrenaline jarring combined with intense Seed sculpture heralds new nervous inspectorate is time- be back for more. from Spinball Whizzer. The panic, then there is wealth of era or the Eden Project p. 6 consuming and expensive there is Thrill seekers after a brand new Whizzer might look comfortingly opportunity both at home an in a temptation to get a few year’s roller-coaster to test their stomachs familiar as roller-coasters go with European resorts. Great expectations for Dickens World p. 6 worth of star billing out of each hit. and nerves will have to travel to no obviously neck-jarring Life can still be sweet when you Stealth was 2006’s biggest at- Blackpool this summer. bounces or turns but while it are under a metre tall p. 7 A history that started with iceslides p. 7 Chertsey, Surrey Alton, Staffordshire www.thorpepark.com www.altontowers.com Thorpe Park Now with more first division Alton Towers The smart, sophisticated park terror on offer with its rides that set the standard others than most of its competitors. strive to catch. Top rides Top rides ● Stealth was 2006’s biggest attraction in every sense, but in ● Air: the most futuristic roller-coaster ride to date – and the one 2007 they are sending you up faster with super boosters. that gets you closest to the sensation of being Spiderman. ● Colossus is the world’s first 10-looping roller-coaster. With ● Spinball Whizzer: a demented pinball that cannons around spiral loops, a flipping double cobra with a will of its own at nearly 40mph. ● Nemesis Inferno is a high-octane, legs-dangling, suspended ● Nemesis: four seconds of weightlessness and brain- coaster with 360-degree loops, speeds of nearly 50mph and scrambling 4G forces. G-forces up to 4.5. ● Oblivion, the world’s first vertical-drop roller-coaster. Riders ● Tidal Wave is one of the highest water drops in Europe. are pulled up to a ledge, and then dropped into a dark hole ● Samurai. In a five-seater pod, you are put through 360- at 70 mph. degree rotations and gravitational forces ranging from 3G ● Rita Queen of Speed to 5G, some 60ft feet above ground. Admission Admission Adults £32, children £22; family of four £89. One-day pass £32, children under 11 years £20. Book online to buy cheaper passes www.blackpool Blackpool pleasurebeach.co.uk Near Tamworth, Staffs Pleasure Beach There are five glorious Drayton Manor www.draytonmanor.co.uk wooden roller-coasters left here, more than any- THEME PARKS Theme Park Drayton has more than 100 A TITLE FROM MEDIAPLANET rides and attractions, where else in Europe but it is the newer including a large lake. The high-tech offerings that attract the crowds these days. Project Manager: Malindi Johnson, 020 7563 5884 attraction is spread over Production Editor: Ulrika Fallenius Top rides 280 acres. Top rides Editor: Tom Rowland ● ● The Bounty is new for 2007. A pirate ship that looks a little Infusion is the world’s first suspended, looping roller-coaster Design: Sophie Westerberg completely over water, giving riders a whole new experience. like the pre-fire Cutty Sark and swings you high above a Prepress: Jez MacBean ● The Pepsi Max Big One is the tallest and fastest steel roller- water feature. Print: News International ● Shockwave, Europe’s only stand-up roller-coaster: two coaster in Europe corkscrews, one loop and one heart-line spiral. ● Ice Blast goes up at 80mph and 4.5G, and comes down at ● Stormforce 10 is the fastest, wettest ride and the only 30mph and -1G. Mediaplanet is the leading European publisher in wet-knuckle with a reverse drop. ● Big Dipper is classic woodie built in 1921 and rebuilt in 1934. providing high quality and in-depth analysis on topical ● Maelstrom, Europe’s first gyro swing ride. This is where the term “big dipper” originated. industry and market issues, in print, online and ● Pandemonium started in 2007. Two 32-seater platforms are Admission broadcast. mounted on the end of counter-weighted arms that revolve Buy books of tickets or purchase a wristband for £20 or £15 in opposite directions. online, weekdays until 29 June. Admission For more information about supplements in the daily 12 years and over, £20.95 (weekdays); children 4-11 years, press, please contact Freddie Ossberg, 020 7563 8878 £16.96. [email protected] www.mediaplanet.com AN INDEPENDENT SUPPLEMENT FROM MEDIAPLANET ABOUT THEME PARKS, DISTRIBUTED IN THE TIMES 3 First German parks give all of the roller-coaster The first roller-coasters were constructed in Russia during the 17th Century and involved covering rest a run for their money wood frames in ice and then pushing sleds with iron runners along them. The riders could use the momentum If you are looking for energetic fun combined with high centrifugal forces and scary built up from the down parts to get descentscombined with some of the best rides for younger children and restaurants of up increasingly less steep inclines. The American fairground impre- superior quality then head for the land of Richard Wagner and Immanuel Kant. sario L A Thompson is considered to be the father of the modern roller- The German theme parks are among the best on the continent way to break a summer holiday drive to the sun or for those coaster. He adapted the concept for and for those who like high quality rides it is the must visit on route to a ski resort.There are also some good deals his wooden Switchback Railway at location outside the UK, attracting significant numbers of available for air travellers heading for Germany this year Coney Island in 1884. British visitors each year, partly because they are exception- and the resorts have started to offer packages with chil- Disneyland’s Matterhorn, which ally good value. Definitely worth a detour and an excellent dren going free or at a discount. opened in 1959, was the first tubu- lar-steel coaster, and set the pattern for modern fast track rides. Down the hatch without a scratch Every summer classes are offered in Coney Island's Sideshow and Burlesque School. Their ad reads: "Have you ever dreamed of running away with the circus? Did anyone ever call you a freak? Well, now's your chance to become one!" Sword swallowing, snake charming and fire spitting are still on display. Insectavora walks barefoot on a sword edge; half her face is covered with tattoos and she has dozens of piercings. The Inflatable Man shocks the crowd by juggling a bowling ball hung from his ear lobes. Snake Charmer kisses a giant albino python while Heather Holl- iday, dressed in a vintage 50s dress and stiletto heels, stuffs swords Near to the German French boarder in South between her pierced lips. Europapark Germany between Karlsruhe and Basel. www.europa-park-breaks.co.uk Best rides archaeological excavation in the On the road to The park has themed areas ● Silver Star Greek themed area of Europapark. for most European countries includ- Europe’s highest roller-coaster ● Atlantica Supersplash Borneo ing Germany, England, Italy, France, offers three minutes of thrills and Forward and backward ride before Greece, Scandinavia, Spain and is not for the faint-hearted with a a race down into the water. Portugal. The English part has a height of 73 metres, a top speed ● Swiss bob run. Sensational fun: replica of Shakespeare’s Globe of over 80 mph and centrifugal speed down a metal ice-run at 35 Theatre and a town square with forces of up to 4G.
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